Why not just do 60 chiv and 100 necro, and use jewelry for chiv so you aren't absolutely dependent on jewelry?

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That's what I ended up doing. I'd borrowed points from Tactics to get Chiv to 65, but when I imbued my new ring/brace set I added +10 Chiv instead of +5 Tactics to get the bigger benefit from that mod slot.

To answer Bills question, sampires depend on damage output for viability. Fencing can certainly be viable, but many people go with mace for high damage output or swords for versatility and the whirlwind special.

Before I golem train, I usually complete the spellweaving quest. By using the weaving spell "gift of renewal" (human JoAT works; even elves can cast occasionally) on your golem, you can keep him fully healed. All you'd need to worry about, then, is keeping your 100% poison weapon repaired.

Another tip regarding training. You can train parry to 120 at the yew sheep pens in 6-or-so hours, but it becomes much harder to do so with high bushido. Either stone off bushido before training parry or train parry first.

Another tip regarding training. You can train parry to 120 at the yew sheep pens in 6-or-so hours, but it becomes much harder to do so with high bushido. Either stone off bushido before training parry or train parry first.

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Actually I just trained from 100-120 parry on sheep with 120 bushi and no shield a few days ago. Just equipped a wand ( I am swords) and the gains were VERY fast, I think you could go from 0-120 in an hour or less max on sheep even with high bushido. I know it does not make sense, but I seemed to gain much faster without a shield than with, even with 120 bushido. At least that was my experience

Another tip regarding training. You can train parry to 120 at the yew sheep pens in 6-or-so hours, but it becomes much harder to do so with high bushido. Either stone off bushido before training parry or train parry first.

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Actually I just trained from 100-120 parry on sheep with 120 bushi and no shield a few days ago. Just equipped a wand ( I am swords) and the gains were VERY fast, I think you could go from 0-120 in an hour or less max on sheep even with high bushido. I know it does not make sense, but I seemed to gain much faster without a shield than with, even with 120 bushido. At least that was my experience

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Good to hear.

I am naturally inclined to train bushido last, as it takes longer than the other sampy skills. Regardless, this toon shouldn't be hard to train up.

How does this work without any magic Resistance? I got a sampire, but balrons cast paralyze on me and I'm toast. lich lords throw fire at me.

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Carry a trapped box with you, and have backups ready in case you die and get looted. That takes care of paralyze. For the magical fire attacks, you must overcap fire resist to compensate for the -25 from vamp form. It's tricky to do, but can be done with some effort.

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